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1 p 3 0 ffiD (Y7 The independent voice of students at Utah Valley State MONDAY'SEPTEMBER 262005 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET VOLUME XXXIV'NO. VIII A really scary wedding Tim Burton releases his first stop motion animated feature since The Nightmare Before Christmas. Read the review in Life on page A9. Career 101: preparing for your future The 2005 Premier Career Employment Fair is being held this week. To find out which employers will be there to recruit prospective students, and to learn how best to prepare for your future career turn to our special section on the career fair. Heading out on the ice The UVSC men's hockey squad faced off against Weber State in their inaugural game. To read more turn to Sports on page A 10. 1- Ethics Week ! y v i i i' r, ; h Michael Palmer Assistant News Editor This year's ethics week has many students on campus talking about death and justice. While the various panels that took place throughout the week focused on a number of controversial societal issues from Latino issues in Utah Valley, to religion and sexuality, to animal rights, some of the most packed sessions were those that concerned the death penalty. Part of this interest came from having former death row inmate Gary Gauger as a speaker and pan elist on a number of the panels. To overflowing, attentive sessions, Gauger talked about his own personal experience, having been on death row for a crime he was later proven to have not committed. He talked about his interrogation, the appeals process, and the problems he sees with the death penalty. "Society is supposed to be better than the criminal element, and when we revert to the criminal element to achieve objectives, we're really no better than them," Gauger said. Gauger called for reform not See DEATH PENALTY-A4 "Society is supposed to be better than the criminal element, and when we revert to the criminal element to achieve objectives, we're really no better than them." Gary Gauger Former Death Row Inmate B LC '2 ttGn Dds'S far sfta'S Mini tog Jon Long News Writer Utah Valley State College is on the list again to get state funding for the Digital Learning Center, a $48 million project that would replace the current library. On October 5, the State Building Board will be presented with plans for the new building. When the state's legislation meets again in January, funding for the project will be on the agenda. The new facility would meet the demand for accommodating more groups and individual study space, more computer access, a seminar room, and a central room for the campus network. Both the administration department and student government have been working hard to get the DLC put on the Board of Regents' list of projects to fund. Now that the project is number four, it has moved into the planning stage, though not officially funded yet. Students seem to have a lot of feedback on the new center, and the student gov- "Right now the Digital Learning Center is our number one focus, and could play an important role into turning the school into a university." Jim Michaelis Asst. VP of Facilities ernment wants the feedback. Amy Brockman, who is the senator for General Academics said, "Don't feel afraid to use the student government; if you have questions, concerns or opinions come and tell us." In the spirit of that sentiment, the student govern ment is hosting what they call Student Soapbox. It will be held the second Tuesday of every month, and will allow students to voice their opinions. As of now, the student government is polling the school on their opinions and thoughts on what they expect and would like to see the DLC turn into. Assistant Vice-President of Facilities, Jim Michealis said, "Right now the Digital Learning Center is our number one focus, and could play an important role into turning the school into a univer sity." When asked what the students could do to help, he said, "be supportive and contact the legislature and let them hear the students' voices on the matter." The DLC would move the schools' outdated library into a spacious new 21st century atmosphere. Estimated to be 180,000 square feet, it would be a hub of learning oncampus-answering one of the student's biggest problems and concerns, being a lack of study space. See DLC A2 Courtesy PhotoL.O.C. A law has been passed that h Constitu spark di Jon Long opes to increase students' knowledge of the Constitution a: ay events scussions News Writer September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention met for the final time to ratify and sign the United States Constitution, giving definition to a newly formed nation. Yet, recent polls and research have shown that the history of this nation is slipping away from the youth. At least that's what Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a West Vir ginia (D) saw in a poll conducted on students from across the nation, a poll that showed some disturbing trends. Some trends of a nationwide poll showed that only 35.5 percent of students polled knew the first three words of the Constitution compared to the 71.2 percent who knew www is the first three letters of most web addresses.Only 41.2 percent of stu dents knew the names of the three branches of government when 59.2 percent of students polled knew the name of the three stooges. Only 25.5 percent knew that Philadelphia is the city the Constitution was signed in, compared to 75.2 percent of students that 'knew what city the zip code 90210 belongs to. So Senator Byrd proposed See CONSTITUTION. A2 Panel discusses gender identity Emily Bitton News Writer Tuesday, September 20, a panel met discussing "Media Portrayals of Gender Identity: What are Ethical Alternatives?" as part of Ethics Week. Arwen Castillo, student and employee of the Equity Center, was the moderator for the discussion. She asked Kolby Jensen, a business major and employee of the Equity Center, and philosophy major Gregory Lucero, questions regarding the media. Jensen and Lucero were the two panelists. An initial inquiry was, "How does the media shape gender identity?" Panelists replied with, "Gender identity is how the media tells a woman what will make her feminine and how the media tells a man what will make him masculine." Another question was, "Does the media affect your actions toward others?" This related to how the media portrays violence, specifically toward the male gender and how violence makes a man masculine. Panelists were also asked, "Is society just a puppet for the media?" As well as, "Does the media create culture for society?" Furthermore, they explored the effect individuals can. have on trying to ' S -' Sire ;&? E-V ,Y . - fp VvV- : h ?z i i r J. ' r i r I r T r X x i- t t I f f t- f t C k.! U- ii i,. . -- Coutesy PhotoUniversity of Maryland How does the media reflect, and define, the roles of men and women in modern society? change the pressures that the media places on society. Lucero said, "An individual cannot realistically push against society or the media and expect to change it." Jensen said, "What it comes down to is the individual truly deciding, 'is this something I am going to support or reject and what can I do about it?'" Members of the commu nity also voiced their opinions about how having their voices heard speaking out; against images that the media; portrays would be beneficiat to the business. I A discussion was also led on advertisements and how' the agencies use shock factors to sell products. Is thi See PANEL -A2-1

1 p 3 0 ffiD (Y7 The independent voice of students at Utah Valley State MONDAY'SEPTEMBER 262005 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET VOLUME XXXIV'NO. VIII A really scary wedding Tim Burton releases his first stop motion animated feature since The Nightmare Before Christmas. Read the review in Life on page A9. Career 101: preparing for your future The 2005 Premier Career Employment Fair is being held this week. To find out which employers will be there to recruit prospective students, and to learn how best to prepare for your future career turn to our special section on the career fair. Heading out on the ice The UVSC men's hockey squad faced off against Weber State in their inaugural game. To read more turn to Sports on page A 10. 1- Ethics Week ! y v i i i' r, ; h Michael Palmer Assistant News Editor This year's ethics week has many students on campus talking about death and justice. While the various panels that took place throughout the week focused on a number of controversial societal issues from Latino issues in Utah Valley, to religion and sexuality, to animal rights, some of the most packed sessions were those that concerned the death penalty. Part of this interest came from having former death row inmate Gary Gauger as a speaker and pan elist on a number of the panels. To overflowing, attentive sessions, Gauger talked about his own personal experience, having been on death row for a crime he was later proven to have not committed. He talked about his interrogation, the appeals process, and the problems he sees with the death penalty. "Society is supposed to be better than the criminal element, and when we revert to the criminal element to achieve objectives, we're really no better than them," Gauger said. Gauger called for reform not See DEATH PENALTY-A4 "Society is supposed to be better than the criminal element, and when we revert to the criminal element to achieve objectives, we're really no better than them." Gary Gauger Former Death Row Inmate B LC '2 ttGn Dds'S far sfta'S Mini tog Jon Long News Writer Utah Valley State College is on the list again to get state funding for the Digital Learning Center, a $48 million project that would replace the current library. On October 5, the State Building Board will be presented with plans for the new building. When the state's legislation meets again in January, funding for the project will be on the agenda. The new facility would meet the demand for accommodating more groups and individual study space, more computer access, a seminar room, and a central room for the campus network. Both the administration department and student government have been working hard to get the DLC put on the Board of Regents' list of projects to fund. Now that the project is number four, it has moved into the planning stage, though not officially funded yet. Students seem to have a lot of feedback on the new center, and the student gov- "Right now the Digital Learning Center is our number one focus, and could play an important role into turning the school into a university." Jim Michaelis Asst. VP of Facilities ernment wants the feedback. Amy Brockman, who is the senator for General Academics said, "Don't feel afraid to use the student government; if you have questions, concerns or opinions come and tell us." In the spirit of that sentiment, the student govern ment is hosting what they call Student Soapbox. It will be held the second Tuesday of every month, and will allow students to voice their opinions. As of now, the student government is polling the school on their opinions and thoughts on what they expect and would like to see the DLC turn into. Assistant Vice-President of Facilities, Jim Michealis said, "Right now the Digital Learning Center is our number one focus, and could play an important role into turning the school into a univer sity." When asked what the students could do to help, he said, "be supportive and contact the legislature and let them hear the students' voices on the matter." The DLC would move the schools' outdated library into a spacious new 21st century atmosphere. Estimated to be 180,000 square feet, it would be a hub of learning oncampus-answering one of the student's biggest problems and concerns, being a lack of study space. See DLC A2 Courtesy PhotoL.O.C. A law has been passed that h Constitu spark di Jon Long opes to increase students' knowledge of the Constitution a: ay events scussions News Writer September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention met for the final time to ratify and sign the United States Constitution, giving definition to a newly formed nation. Yet, recent polls and research have shown that the history of this nation is slipping away from the youth. At least that's what Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a West Vir ginia (D) saw in a poll conducted on students from across the nation, a poll that showed some disturbing trends. Some trends of a nationwide poll showed that only 35.5 percent of students polled knew the first three words of the Constitution compared to the 71.2 percent who knew www is the first three letters of most web addresses.Only 41.2 percent of stu dents knew the names of the three branches of government when 59.2 percent of students polled knew the name of the three stooges. Only 25.5 percent knew that Philadelphia is the city the Constitution was signed in, compared to 75.2 percent of students that 'knew what city the zip code 90210 belongs to. So Senator Byrd proposed See CONSTITUTION. A2 Panel discusses gender identity Emily Bitton News Writer Tuesday, September 20, a panel met discussing "Media Portrayals of Gender Identity: What are Ethical Alternatives?" as part of Ethics Week. Arwen Castillo, student and employee of the Equity Center, was the moderator for the discussion. She asked Kolby Jensen, a business major and employee of the Equity Center, and philosophy major Gregory Lucero, questions regarding the media. Jensen and Lucero were the two panelists. An initial inquiry was, "How does the media shape gender identity?" Panelists replied with, "Gender identity is how the media tells a woman what will make her feminine and how the media tells a man what will make him masculine." Another question was, "Does the media affect your actions toward others?" This related to how the media portrays violence, specifically toward the male gender and how violence makes a man masculine. Panelists were also asked, "Is society just a puppet for the media?" As well as, "Does the media create culture for society?" Furthermore, they explored the effect individuals can. have on trying to ' S -' Sire ;&? E-V ,Y . - fp VvV- : h ?z i i r J. ' r i r I r T r X x i- t t I f f t- f t C k.! U- ii i,. . -- Coutesy PhotoUniversity of Maryland How does the media reflect, and define, the roles of men and women in modern society? change the pressures that the media places on society. Lucero said, "An individual cannot realistically push against society or the media and expect to change it." Jensen said, "What it comes down to is the individual truly deciding, 'is this something I am going to support or reject and what can I do about it?'" Members of the commu nity also voiced their opinions about how having their voices heard speaking out; against images that the media; portrays would be beneficiat to the business. I A discussion was also led on advertisements and how' the agencies use shock factors to sell products. Is thi See PANEL -A2-1